Technical Summary
Over the years, some IMAP keywords (client-defined flags) have become
de-facto standard, with some specific semantics associated with them.
In some cases, different client implementors have defined and used
keywords with different names, but the same semantics. Some server
implementors decided to map such keywords to each other automatically
in order to improve cross client interoperability. In other cases,
the same keywords have been used with different semantics, causing
interoperability problems.
This document attempts to prevent further incompatible uses of IMAP
keywords by establishing an IANA registry for IMAP keywords, and by
allocating a special prefix for standardized keywords.
Working Group Summary
Nothing to note. This is a pretty straightforward creation of an IANA
registry.
Document Quality
The registry is seeded with some keywords that are already in use in
existing implementations. Experts to be Arnt Gulbrandsen and Dave
Cridland (dave.cridland@isode.com and arnt@oryx.com)
RFC Editor Note
Note "cross client" in section 2 (across a line break) should be
cross-client.